Kayford

I had to fly home to KC from Tijuana Mexico 2 days post op and I did fine.

I went to Dr. Ortiz and found a doc in KC to do my fills. Try looking at Dr. Ortiz's website as I think it lists a group of docs that do fills. It is called Fill America or something like that. Kay

I have actually kept the slime and food in my mouth,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,when it comes up until I can get to the ladies room. Now that is a terrible feeling. My body brings it up not me. Occasionally something will stick and I will hurt awhile and finally say this is enough and usually all I have to do is bend over and it starts coming up. I am glad you can relate to this as it helps to go thru this together. I am waiting on a fill right now. I have slight restriction at lunch. Hardly any at dinner, but with some food at dinner it is a no go. Usually it is my meat that even hangs up at dinner time. I don't even try bread as I know better. Hang in there.

Dr. Stephen Malley and it is $250 for the first and $100 for each fill after that. Hope this info helps you.

I have your same issues. I had an unfill May 08 as I had ketosis (diabetic related due to not being able to eat properly) and dehydration. They unfilled me as I had to have IV's twice and now take B-12 shots. I figured better too loose than too tight and let my band slip. Besides I needed to heal up and be able to eat some real nutrients. Just like you.............it is either too tight and I am miserable or too loose. I keep praying to hit my sweet spot with the next fill. It is scheduled for Aug 13 and I have been loose since May 08. I have gained probably 10 pounds in 9 weeks. Now I will have to work hard to get it off again. What is up with us? Why can't we eat 3 small meals like they told us at seminar? Frustrated to the Hilton!

Did he ask you to lose some weight prior to surgery? He does my fills but I was banded in Tijuana MEXICO. I was on a preop diet of slimfast for a week prior to shrink the liver. Did they ask you to diet at all before the procedure? Interesting..............sorry you had to go thru this.

One of the girls banded with me in Tijuana could not get soup down when we got to the Hotel Lucerna. They did a barium swallow and I think she had the same issue as you. However, the swelling did go down and I think she has done the best with her weight loss of all of us banded that day. So there is HOPE.

I have been a slow loser but seemed to get about 50 off and now it seems I am either too loose to lose or too tight and get ill and need IV's. Any of you have this issue?

There are some good docs out there. Dr. Stephen Malley in Mission Ks (suburb of Kansas City) takes us Mexican patients for a $250 eval and 1st fill and then it is $100 per fill. I do know he even has patients that drive from Dallas to see him and that is probably an 8-10 hour drive.

I wish we knew what makes us swell and why some of us are to tight to eat breakfast, soup for lunch and then can get something down for dinner. I swell after every single fill almost. My bp meds have a diuretic in them and that does not seem to make any difference with me. My doc has me swigging 2 teas of carafate suspension before meals and at bedtime if I have swelling. If you all know what causes the swelling then post it for sure!!!!!

You do need an unfill. If you can't get real food down at all you need an unfill. Trust me, don't wait until you are dehydrated, vitamin deficient and sick as a dog like I did. I ended up with IV's. As much as I hate to get unfills it is waaaay safer also. Too tight can cause a slip. Good luck.

Sure sounds freaky and why wouldn't we have heard about it if there is medical data to support it?

I agree you need a little unfill. Better safe than sorry.

Elizabeth, I was actually scared as I was so weak. I was not nauseated but just had no zip. I would just want to lay down and if l laid down then I would sleep and then when I would get up my band would be too tight to eat anything. It was terrible.

I was recently super sick and my PCP said he could smell keytones in my breath. This is a byproduct created when you are burning up fat and muscle. I ended up getting 2 IV's in the office and had to go to HRMC for a magnesium infusion again. I was so lethargic. Had zero energy. Got my band unfilled .4 cc! I am diabetic so that complicates it some but I wonder if you were throwing off keytones. On the Atkin's diet they want you in ketosis but my kidneys can't handle the stress of ketosis. Just an idea you might want to run by your doc. I had lost 12 lbs in 4 weeks and could not eat Breakfast and it was just Soup for lunch. I could only get some dinner down. Now I can overeat so am trying to just get my health back and trying to eat reasonably. :hungry: